School of Public Health and Health Professions

Improving Health at Every Age, in Everyone

At UB’s School of Public Health and Health Professions, our faculty and students are dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families and communities through prevention and evidence-based practice. We’ve already accomplished much, and yet we know our students and faculty have the talent and desire to do so much more. So we’re raising our sights—and raising funds—to do more good. Make more change. Save more lives.

Here Is How We Support Students Who Will Transform the World

For more than 100 years we’ve been preparing UB students to improve lives and advance health in our communities. Now we’re aiming to do even more, more effectively than ever. With the support of philanthropy, we will:

  • Offer life-changing scholarships and programs such as our Diversity Scholars initiative
  • Further expand our commitment to collaboration with UB’s other health sciences schools
  • Support hands-on experiential learning and international experiences
  • Advance the discoveries from the monumental Women’s Health Initiative
  • Build innovative learning spaces 

Here Is How Our Forward-Thinking Research Has Real-World Impact

Our health research already has helped improve and save countless lives. But there are more still in need. Investments by donors help drive outcomes through endowed professorships, research funds and more, as our faculty experts tackle global health disparities across the world, illuminate risk factors, identify treatment breakthroughs and investigate critical issues that affect all of us. With your support, we will broaden our research, make an even bigger impact, and continue to lead the charge.

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Here Is How We Tackle Global Problems, Starting in Our Own Backyard

Supporting our work here supports health revolutions everywhere. Now, through philanthropy, we will continue to develop—and to demonstrate—innovative ways to improve the public’s health, then share our expertise worldwide, including:

  • Helping more patients at our Rehabilitation Physiology Lab
  • Creating a community-based spinal cord injury rehabilitation and recovery center
  • Expanding the work of our Center for Research and Education in Special Environments (CRESE)
  • Improving lives through The Refugee Health Initiative

We are seeking your investment in creating healthier communities.

News from the School of Public Health and Health Professions

  • SPHHP staff and faculty awards given during annual meeting
    5/28/24
    The University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions announced the recipients of its 2023-2024 awards during the school’s annual meeting in May. The award recipients have been chosen for their outstanding dedication and service to the school in areas of scholarship, community engagement and professional duties.
  • New clinical director for growing clinical nutrition MS program
    9/9/24

    As the Clinical Nutrition MS program celebrates its 25th anniversary, it welcomes a new clinical director at the helm, poised to help guide the program into its next phase of growth.

  • Two SPHHP faculty receive SUNY Chancellor's awards
    6/5/24
    Two faculty members from the School of Public Health and Health Professions have been named recipients of the 2024 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.
  • SPHHP 2021 Student Awards Honor Accomplished Scholars
    6/22/21

    The School of Public Health and Health Professions recently held its Fifth Annual Student Awards Reception. The reception celebrates and recognizes the admirable accomplishments of hardworking students across all five departments.

  • SPHHP 2020 Student Awards Honor Accomplished Scholars
    3/20/20

    The School of Public Health and Health Professions recently held its Fifth Annual Student Awards Reception. The reception celebrates and recognizes the admirable accomplishments of hardworking students across all five departments.

  • Heat illness expert urges caution for most vulnerable
    7/15/22

    The rate of heat-related deaths keeps increasing because people are not adequately informed, UB faculty member Riana Pryor says.

  • Innovative SPHHP research continues with announcement of UB's CTSI Translational Pilot Study Grants
    1/30/24

    News about innovative research at SPHHP continues with the announcement of UB’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Translational Pilot Studies Program awards. Several SPHHP faculty are among recipients of this year’s seed money to assist them in developing promising new technologies and therapeutics from the conceptual stage to clinical studies.

The Power of Your Investment

The challenges and opportunities have never been greater. And yet, our potential has never been higher. But our need for visionary donors has never been more critical. With your support, we can broaden and deepen our research, make Buffalo and Western New York stronger and healthier, and train the most advanced practitioners ever. Optimizing health at every age—in everyone, everywhere: It’s an audacious goal. And with your help, it’s attainable.

UB Fund: Immediate Support for Students

When you give to the UB Fund, your gift today is made available to help support students today. It’s that immediate. Giving to the UB Fund helps ensure our students have everything they need to become thoughtful global citizens, with 100 percent of gifts used to enhance the student experience, including crucial support for research, study abroad, student emergencies and community service opportunities.

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